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{{Short description|Marshal of France (1672–1725)}}
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| name = Antoine  de Gramont
| image = Undated portrait of Antoine de Gramont, Duke of Gramont by an unknown artist.jpg
| caption = Undated portrait of Antoine de Gramont.
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| birth_date = January 1672
| title = 4th [[Duke of Gramont]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1725|9|16|1672|1||df=y}}
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| nationality = French
| occupation = [[Marshal of France]]
| spouse = [[Marie Christine de Noailles]]
| issue = [[Louis de Gramont, 6th Duke of Gramont]]
| parents = [[Antoine Charles IV de Gramont]]
| mother = Marie Charlotte de Castelnau
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'''Antoine de Gramont, 4th [[Duke of Gramont]]''' (January 1672 – 16 September 1725), Duke of Guiche, was a [[Marshal of France]].
==Early life==
French military figure and member of the [[Gramont family|House of Gramont]], he was the oldest child of [[Antoine Charles IV de Gramont]] and Marie Charlotte de Castelnau (1648 – 29 January 1694), daughter of Marshal Castelnau.
==Biography==
At the age of thirteen, he became a [[musketeer]] and by 1687 he had become head of his regiment. He participated in the [[Siege of Philippsburg (1688)]] and the [[Battle of Landen]] (1693).  He was made [[brigadier]] in 1694 and served in [[Flanders]].
In 1696, he was serving under Marshal [[Nicolas Catinat|Catinat]] and Marshal [[Louis François Boufflers|Boufflers]], and was himself made a [[marshal]] (of Flanders) and [[Colonel General (France)|Colonel General]] of [[Dragoon]]s in 1702.  In 1704, he made lieutenant of the royal arms and, on 26 October 1704, [[Colonel General (France)|Colonel General]] of the French guards. He became envoy to [[Philip V of Spain]] in 1705.  He was wounded at the [[Battle of Malplaquet]] (1709).
In 1712, he became Lieutenant General of [[Bayonne]] and Lieutenant General and [[Governor]] of [[Navarre]] and [[Béarn]].  In 1715, he became Counselor of Regents and War and in 1720, acquired the title of ''Duke of Gramont''.  In 1724, he became [[Marshal of France]].  He died a year later, evidently in his [[palace]].{{sfn|Saint-Allais|1833|p=500}}
==Personal life==
He had married Marie Christine de [[Duke of Noailles|Noailles]] (1672-1748), daughter of [[Anne Jules de Noailles, 2nd Duke of Noailles]] and his wife, Marie Françoise de Bournonville (1654-1748). They had 5 children :
* [[Antoine VI de Gramont]] (1688-1741), lieutenant-general, no surviving sons.
* [[Louis de Gramont, 6th Duke of Gramont]] (1689-1745), colonel-general, had male issue.
* Marie-Adélaïde de Gramont (1700-1740), married François Armand de Gontaut, son of [[Charles Armand de Gontaut, Duke of Biron]].
* Catherine-Charlotte-Thérèse de Gramont (1707-1755), married Philippe-Alexandre, prince de Bournonville (died 1727) and  Jacques Louis de Rouvroy, son of [[Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon]].
* Louis François de Gramont (1708-1714).
==Notes==
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==References==
{{Citation |first=Nicolas Viton de|last=Saint-Allais  |author-link=Nicolas Viton |title=De l'ancienne France |year=1833 |location=Paris |publisher=M. de Saint-Allais |page=[https://archive.org/stream/delanciennefran00allgoog#page/n511/mode/1up 500]|language=fr}}
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